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ABSTRACT The goal of preconception care is to reduce the risk of adverse health effects for the woman fetus or neonate by optimizing the womans health and knowledge before planning and conceiving a pregnancy Because reproductive capacity spans almost four decades for most women optimizing womens h...

ABSTRACT TaySachs disease TSD is a severe progressive neurologic disease that causes death in early childhood Carrier screening should be offered before pregnancy to individuals and couples at high risk including those of Ashkenazi Jewish FrenchCanadian or Cajun descent and those with a family his...

ABSTRACT Spinal muscular atrophy SMA is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease that results from degeneration of spinal cord motor neurons leading to atrophy of skeletal muscle and overall weakness In current practice patients with a family history of SMA are being offered carrier screen...

ABSTRACT Certain autosomal recessive disease conditions are more prevalent in individuals of Eastern European Jewish Ashkenazi descent Previously the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended that individuals of Eastern European Jewish ancestry be offered carrier screening fo...

ABSTRACT Fragile X syndrome is the most common inherited form of mental retardation The syndrome occurs in approximately 1 in 3600 males and 1 in 40006000 females Approximately 1 in 250 females carry the premutation DNAbased molecular analysis is the preferred method of diagnosis for fragile X syn...

ABSTRACT Smoking is the one of the most important modifiable causes of poor pregnancy outcomes in the United States and is associated with maternal fetal and infant morbidity and mortality The physical and psychologic addiction to cigarettes is powerful however the compassionate intervention of th...

ABSTRACT Family history plays a critical role in assessing the risk of inherited medical conditions and single gene disorders Several methods have been established to obtain family medical histories including the family history questionnaire or checklist and the pedigree The screening tool selecte...

ABSTRACT In 2001 the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American College of Medical Genetics introduced guidelines for prenatal and preconception carrier screening for cystic fibrosis The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Genetics has updated...

ABSTRACT Increasing numbers of women and adolescent females are incarcerated each year in the United States and they represent an increasing proportion of inmates in the US correctional system Incarcerated women and adolescent females often come from disadvantaged environments and have high rates ...

ABSTRACT The updated guidelines by the Institute of Medicine regarding gestational weight gain provide clinicians with a basis for practice Health care providers who care for pregnant women should determine a womans body mass index at the initial prenatal visit and counsel her regarding the benefi...

ABSTRACT In the United States more than one third of women are obese more than one half of pregnant women are overweight or obese and 8 of reproductiveaged women are extremely obese putting them at a greater risk of pregnancy complications Therefore preconception assessment and counseling are stro...